Hacking Bloody Mircro SD

[Jaxtaylor]

Hey all, anyone heard of this before? I went to put a new *ahem* homebrew rom on my card (2gig), and when I put it back in the DS, it had corrupted, when I looked at the card in Explorer, a few folders were just full of garbage. I Reformated the card, but seem to have lost a whole gig! Any idea how I can get this back, and / or, the most appropriate way to make someone suffer for wasting my only day off in 2 months.

thank you!

 

[bobrules]

that means 1g of your card is corrupted (just guessing). What card reader do you use?

 

[Jaxtaylor]

ooo, I don't know - just the one that came with the card, has no name on it. ta for the quick reply btw.

 

[rsx19]

heh the card readers are known for corrupting and ruining many cards

 

[Jaxtaylor]

ruining as in completely f*cking? no chance of recovering?

 

[sipoon]

Im pretty sure u can recover, look for sd format software that are floating around...try the gbatemp download section

 

[Jaxtaylor]

FANKS!

 

[Jaxtaylor]

ah f*ck it! I can't find anything! I'm just gonna throw it and get another, all the format software seems to crash when it looks at it. God sometimes I hate technology.

 

[Taras]

Maybe right-click on your "My Comp" desktop icon > select manage > disk management > right click on the drive letter > change drive letter & then format. I recovered a jacked-up usb device this way.

 

[adgloride]

Sounds like you were using the reader that came with the R4. I think that killed my 1gb kingston taiwan. I just claimed on the guarantee and got a new one.

 

[sipoon]

Don't throw it away...give it to me.... or try this first

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?download=389

 

[Infinitus]

This is why I make a new backup with every new firmware release.

 

[Jawas]

just for curiosity reasons, did you use the micro to sd adapter or the micro to usb adapter?

 

[haruk]

Same thing just happened to me, there were a bunch of random files and I couldn't change anything with the card, I reformatted it and it worked fine, though

 

[Jaxtaylor]

Well, that was strange - I plugged the reader into another USB port, and it worked fine - WTF?!

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I think you should use a partition manager. Just delete the whole partition. You can make an entirely new one and format it correctly.

They come with, for example, Linux distros.

 

[mcp2]

I would stay well away from that reader from now on. Buy another better one.

 

[Sinkhead]

Where did you buy the MicroSD from? Some fake ones behave like this...

- Sam

Edit: Silly grammar

 

[fenthwick]

Is it just me or is the usb adapter getting very hot? I normally plan what I want and paste is as fast as pissible and unplug it.

 

[Infinitus]

No USB adapter should get hot. It is definatly busted if that happens.
A little warmth is normal, but not much more above when it is not in use.

Anyway, I suggest you get a new reader. Or, try buying your card from trusted sources, such as Newegg or Tiger Direct.